Striped maples wait to last minute before choosing their sex A few years ago, Rutgers researcher Jennifer Blake-Mahmud was working on a botany project in Virginia when colleagues pointed out a striped maple, a common tree in the understory of mountain forests from Nova Scotia to Georgia. “They told me, ‘We think it switches sex […]
Archives for February 2018
Rutgers Personal Bioblitz connects people with nature
Lena Struwe – Department of Plant Biology; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers researchers develop better hazelnut tree
Tom Molnar – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Hazelnut Job
The global shortage of hazelnuts—a cause of despair for Nutella lovers—is on the verge of change. The commercial cultivation of hazelnuts can begin to expand to regions like New Jersey and the Northeast with the release of disease resistant hazelnut trees from the Rutgers NJAES breeding program overseen by plant biologist Tom Molnar. Read more […]
Why do some male trees turn female?
Jennifer Blake-Mahmud – School of Graduate Studies Program in Plant Biology
Lena Struwe – Department of Plant Biology
An Arctic Heat Wave Is Giving Polar Researchers the Chills
In the high latitudes near the North Pole, sea ice cover is reaching its peak. The Arctic is still shrouded in perpetual night, the first rays of sun remain weeks away. But for the past week, over much of the region, it’s been freakishly warm – so warm…
Asian Ticks (Mysteriously) Turned Up On A New Jersey Sheep
Andrea Egizi – Department of Entomology
Equine Arts & Smarts On Display At New Jersey 4-H Horse Bowl
4-H – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Cara Cuite Teams Up to Find Solutions to Basic Needs Insecurity Among Students in Higher Education
On Monday, January 29, Rutgers Against Hunger co-sponsored “Basic Needs Insecurity in New Jersey Higher Education,” a half-day conference for researchers, student affairs professionals, and others interested in the growing problem of food and housing insecurity among undergraduates in New Jersey. The event was organized by Cara Cuite, assistant extension specialist from the Department […]
Infestation of Asian tick, previously unknown inside U.S., found in N.J.
Dina Fonseca – Rutgers Center for Vector Biology
Andrea Egizi – Department of Entomology